jquery smartAutocomplete with infinite scroll - jquery-ui

Question

how we can have autocomplete combo with infinit scroll?
i found an autocomplete jquery ui with infinit scroll, but this autocomplete gets data by pagemethods. but i want to use it in mvc application and want to use an action of a controller to retrieving data.
to use this autocomplete by pagemethods should do this:
$(document).ready(function () {
//Input for testing purposes
$("#inp").smartautocomplete({
getDataFunc: getData,
pageSize: 15,
autoFocus: true
});
});
//Function the SA plugin called when data is needed.
var getData = function (input, pageIndex, pageSize, callback) {
PageMethods.GetData(input, pageIndex, pageSize, function (response) {
if (response) {
response = $.map(response, function (item) {
return {
label: item,
value: item
}
});
callback(response);
}
else callback();
});
};
but i change the way of getting data by using $.ajax:
var getData = function (input, pageIndex, pageSize, callback) {
$.getJSON(
{ url: '#Url.Action("GetData", "Home")' },
{ input: input, pageIndex: pageIndex, pageSize: pageSize },
function (response) {
if (response) {
response = $.map(response, function (item) {
return {
label: item,
value: item
};
});
callback(response);
}
else callback();
});
};
but it does not work, and the action does not called.
this autocomplete is accessible here:
http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/325719/JQueryUI-smartAutocomplete?fid=1683905
i want to know if there is any other solution to have autocomplete with infinit scroll

Answer 1

Replace PageMethod call with AJAX call
$.ajax({
url: '#Url.Action("GetData", "Default")',
type: 'GET',
dataType: 'json',
data: {
input: input,
pageIndex: pageIndex,
pageSize: pageSize
},
success: function (response) {
//alert(response);
if (response) {
response = $.map(response, function (item) {
return { label: item, value: item };
});
callback(response);
} else {
callback();
}
},
error: function (e) {
alert('error' + e);
},
contentType: 'application/json; charset=utf-8'
});
Make sure your controller action is returning JSONResult
return new JsonResult {JsonRequestBehavior = JsonRequestBehavior.AllowGet, Data = data };//new {result = data}
Hope this helps.